Julius kraffert



KRAFPBRIT MAGAZINE FIRE ARM.

Patented July 5, 1870.

JULIUs KRAFFERTQOF BERLIN, P'RUssIA.

Letters Patent No. 10 5,093,dated J'uly 5, 1870; patented Ain! BelgiumJanuary 20,1868.

WROVEMENT IN MAGAZINE FIRE-MS.

The. Schedule referred to these Lettera Patent' and making part of thesama T0 an 1071011? u may vmwn l bearing against the end of thc barrelS, to prevent the Be ila-known that 1 J ULIUs KRAFFnR'r, of Bei-lin,escape of the'gases. in the Kingdom of Prussia, have invented certainImf is t-he needle-bar, (see fig. 6,) furnished with the .provementsin-Pistols and Guns, of.whicli the follow- "needle X, and provided witha collar, fj, having teeth ing is aspeciiication; f and-f" at its lowerside, of which the tooth f en- .lhis invention, which has been patentedin Prusgages with the spring lever g, when the bar is thrown sia onthe26th day oi' March,l868, and in Belgium or moved outward, and throughwhich the same is on the 20th day of J anuary, 1868, consists in the ar-`docked. rangementofan oscillating cartiidge-chan|ber, situated h. is alevel', connected with an arm of the lever A, I in the butt-end of thepistol or gun, and connected with the end of which said lever h isprovided with a pro'- the breech-chamber,containing the hammer orneedleject-ing nose, hf; which' connects with the tooth f", for

bar with their.appurteminces,and so `combined with a the purpose ofmoving the needle-bar f backward unlever that, bythe operation'of thelatter, the hammer or til the topthf' engages with the nose on the endof needle will be cocked,and, atjthe same time, the mouth the springlever y. -v l ofthe cartridge-chamber moved iua. line with the bar- 'Tothe end of this lever h arstem, k, is attached, el of the pistol or gun,to allow one ofthe cartridges guided in the projection l, and surroundedby a spiral in the chamber to be pushed aiuto the barrel oftlie spring,It', to bring the lever A back again into its pistol or gun primitiveposition.

And further,.my invention consists in the arrangei is a looped-shapedstrap, passing clearof and `ment of a ring in the forward end ofthe'breech, bear- 'around the cartridge-case o, (see lig. 11,)connectedat ing against the muzzle of the barrel,'which, when the lits 'upper end with the spring lever g, and joined atits' Apistol or gun isdischarged,is forced against the end lower end z" to the .trigger z,(see 1ig. 1,) which said of the barrel by the generated gases, sc as toprevent trigger turns on a center-pin, s, attachedmo the carthereby anyescape of the gases between the breech tridge-case o. and the barrel. misI a bracket, attached to the inner side of the This invention isequally applicable to, pistols and to butt-end or stock D of the pistol,(see 5,) to which guns, and .is irep'rescnted in theaccompanying drawfthe plate n is hinged,'and which latter is attached to ing applied to apistol, where-'` l the 'cartridge-case o, so-as to allow saidcartridge-case Figure 1 represents along'itudnal section ot'l a piso tovibra-te or oscillate on the centerot' connection or tol, embodying myinvention; axisvn.I l y Figures 2, 3, 4, &c., show" different views ofseveral P I represent-the cartridges iu the chamber 9. parts ofthepistol, which will lie-more particularly req is a piston, moving freelyin the cas o', and atferred to in the following descriptiomf tached tothe -end ol' a spiral spring,s s, acting against Figure 14 represents alongitudinal section of the the cartridges. e ball-cartridge.4A 'v'v-'rpresents a movable plate at the end of the .Similar lettersrepresent similar parts inail the igbutt-end or stock D of the pistol,to close the openures. Y ing through which thc cartridges are insertedinto the a a represent the breech or case containing the hamcfasc orchamber o.- r mer when arranged for percussioncaps,or t-he ueedlef x -isa plate, to cover. the partsround and behind the bar f with itsappurtenances. breech-case a.

-'lhis breech-case has along slo't,a", cutin its lower y is the guard,provided 'with guides y y', (see lig.

side, (see iig. 3,) and has in the front, at its lower end 12,) for thelever As a', the cartridge-chamber oiirmly attached. AThis lever A (seefigs.' 8, 9, 10) is provided with b b is the end flanch ofthe gun orpistol-barrel S, points B B 0n its forward end, entering suitable holesconnected through suitable bolts (see fig. 2) with' the in the forwardsolid'part of the "butt or stock of the stock. pistol, and is providedwith a friction-roller, O, work- .c'cis the guide for the needle X,securedl in the ing in a slotted lever, B, rmly secured tothe underbreech-ease a. s ide of the cartride-case o.

diss cap, screwed intoathe after end ofthe breech- The cartridgeconsists of a hollow ball, p, (see iig. f'

` -Ease a, through which the needle-bar f passes, and by 14,) with itssides forming a cup, to receive the powwhicb the same is guided. Thiscap d fastens likeder p, behind which the primer p is placed, and overwis/e the spring lever g (see tig. 4) tothe end of the hich the ends ofthe sides ofthe balLpme bent, and. breech-case a. the powder and primerthereby secured. I

"e'e1s.a'nng,(see vig."',) arranged in the-forward end The opcratign ofthe pistol is as follows: 'E

of the breech-case a,iig. 1, and provided with afianch,' To fill thcartridge-chamber o, the pistol is turned with its lower side upward,and the cover .'v removed. The turning ofthe screw u allows the spiralspring s, with its piston q, to be withdrawn, when the cartridges can beplaced into the case o, with their ball-heads downward. The spiralspring s is ,then againinserted, so that its piston q presses againstthe last cartridge, and is then secured in its place.

. The cartridge-case o is made allittle smaller at its forward end, soas to allow the cartridges to pass freely, but to prevent t-he piston orhead q from passing ont into the barrel when the chamber is empty.

To load and discharge the pistol, the lever A' is pushed-backward in thedirection of the arrow, fig. 1.

'This movement carries the arm h., which is connected lthrough its noseh. with the tooth f" on the needlebar j; and consequently saidneedle-barf, backward, until the tooth f hooks into the end ofthe springlever and thus cocks the pistol.

T 1e same movement'of this lever A moves the cartridge-case o and thebreech a-upward', through the action of the roller C upon the arml B,attached to the chamber o, so that the mouth of the cartridge-case ocomes ,opposite the month o f the' barrel AS, when a cartridge, P, ispushed into said bairel by the action' of the spiral spring s in the endof case o against the cartm'dgess l 'When the pressure is removed fromthe ,lever A, the sameis'brought back into its original position by theaction ot' the4 spring L, moving at the same time the eartxidgecase oand breech aback into their primitive position, whenthe pistol is readyto'be iiredol.

rLhis operation is performed by pressing against the trigger s, wherebythe looped lever i is moved downward, operating thereby the spring leverg, so as to plodiug of the powder. The same pass Ibehind `the circularpart of the iing e, and, acting against its provjecting anch, press thesame tight against the end ofthe barrel, preventing-thereby any escapeof gases between the breech a and the barrel S. The projections B B onthe end of the lever A prevent any` upward movement of the breech a orcartridge-chamber o during the firing olf of the pistol.

iVhat I claim as 'my invention, and desire to secure by Leiters Patent,is-

its rear end on a'xed pivotm, and the breech a, bearingthecharge-exploding needle or hammer, and 'secured on the forward vibratoryend fof the cartridgechamber, the said parts being arrangedsubstantially as described, in combination with the tixed barrel, sothat, by their simple vibratory movement, they are alternately broughtclose in line with the barrel, substantially as and for the purposeherein specified.`

2. rlhe combination of the spring lever' g, attached to thc breech a,the bow-shaped lever i, and trigger z, turning ou a center, z, attachedto the cartridge-casev o, and operating substantially-as and for thepurpose specified.

3. The level-A, withits projections B,i`rictionroller O, and arm. orlever h, in-'coinbination with the needlebar f and slotted lever B,operating the needle-bar f and breech a, and cartridge-case o,simultaneous, substantially as and for the purpose hereiubeforedescribed.

J ULIUS KRAFFERT, V Engineer.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. ROEDER, JOHN CHRIST.

' Thearrows in the forward end of the breech a in-A dioate the directionof the gases produced by the cirl 1. The vibrating cartridge-chamber o,turning near

